Telephone rings with a middle age man picking in up. "What?" yelling to the machine with his finger blocking the other ear "By Monday?" he agreed, hanging the phone up.

Walking over to the employee room with his shoulder's slacking as he pushes the door. His collogues, lounging and sitting around waiting for the time to momentarily pass. One focused on the game currently on air-eagerly standing in front of the hanging television, waiting for his favorite team to score. The other of his co-workers all quietly sitting around the table drinking coffee as they stared back at him-"Got a new delivery tonight" he answers, watching everyone shifting their gaze away back to their own ordeals.

Inviting himself to use the coffee machine, he stood there for a few moment, feeling the vibration coming from the machine, moving up to his finger tips. Quick Fly.Co -a moving company for businesses, now he needs to make a quick delivery by tonight before deadline.

"Hey the truck isn't done with repairs yet!" a service men called out to him as he ignores the guy and hops behind the wheel. Adjusting the rearview mirror, popping a smoke-hanging from the side of the window, he answers. "I got shit to do, I don't care" he smoke calmly, laying against the chairs neck support, now driving off leaving the service man lost and confused.

The radio playing all the crappy songs as he puffs out a cloud of smoke. Taking an abrupt turn to the side before returning back to his lane, the equipment he's delivering seem to gotten heavy-what was it again?-Oh right, power tools and machinery.

A mile away he could see the lights of a building, probing the wild darkness around it. The Jin Xuan mall center, he recalled making trips there and now today he's doing the same. Gritting his teeth together, feeling annoyed having to be on the job at a time like this. Speeding faster just wanting to go back and do nothing, he steps on it-the truck shakes, wheeling onward faster and faster.

The entrance glowed brightly-without a stop the truck caves in. Leaving a seism across the building.

......

"I think the roof is the best bet" Ken suggested with Cob agreeing. "Nah we shouldn't" Fuji rejects "Its very likely with the elevator shaft now exposed, our red friend down there" finger directing towards the ground floor. "If we act to fast, he might bite" he added on.

"We can't just stay here" Ken added trying to get direct eye contact with Fuji. "That's true" he admitted, "What do you think Hino?". Trying to be a recuse from the whole event, choosing to stare down at the watery mass down below, Hino shakes his head, without an answer-choosing to close and open his palm in an endless loop.

Laying against the wall with her legs tugged in between her arms, Jesse remained there with exhaustion in her eyes. "There's nothing to care about here" he spoked to himself, rubbing the surface of his finger against the barrier that separates him from a fatal fall.

"Fatal" would be the right word, there's water down below that could cushion anyone's fall, its more a brutal spot to land with a sadistic water demon ready to bite and sing his songs.

Like an infant, Hino recalled how it used to look. Just a floating cube that bleeds an undefined amount of blood but now its like a whole river-a river of blood-a living one. A demon pool with zombies around in it as part of its form, an odd amount of quirks-Hino imagines, in his twisted mind he somehow was reminded the image of the barfs he had after recovering from the hospital.

Now vomit reminds him of rain and rain reminds him of an umbrella. "Shit" Hino whispered under his lips, "I got to return that umbrella to her" he admitted, suddenly feeling desperate. "Shit Mariko is going to so mad at me" he panics, able to see those green eyes imbedded in his head, forever mad at him. His heart quivers leaving him laying helplessly on the floor in childish panic. "I need to return her umbrella" he panics, the floor beneath him being jar against his fist.

Princi with every step she takes, catching Hino's attention as she approaches. "Pathetic" she voices out at him "Come and help me make up finishing move" she demands, grabbing confused Hino by the leg as she casually drags him away from the rest.

"Come on, come up a finishing move with me" she demands "I'll show you my powers" she switch her tone to a softer one.

Seeing no changes from Hino, she switched her approach. "Take that!!!" she yells-karate chopping Hino in the head. Confused at the gesture, rolling his eye up to face her "Whats the point of this?" tired and hungry as he ask her.

"The point is simple" she pointed out pointing a finger at him. "The goal is to look cool. Nothing more nothing less" she admits, striking a pose to prove her point, "Don't I look cool?" bragging with Hino still unsure how to call over his weapon like Princi could.

"Does calling a weapon involve brain cells?" Hino asked leaving Princi perplexed as he was. "If its true then I need to borrow yours!" Hino claims, "if I have extra brain cells then I could really call over my weapon like slice cheese!!" he begs.

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"I really think you got brain damage" Princi scoffs "But ok!!!" she switches around "With the power of the chosen one, I shall bestowal upon my gifts!! " she claims, looking up to the air for a blessing.

"With my 1001 brain cells, full of intellect" lying as she brims with confidence and pride, she twirls around in excitement as Hino cheers her on with a million "Yes". Clapping hands together, taking a deep breath before piping up into the air with all the feelings trap inside-letting loose.

His chest empty, his stomach once begging for food now silent, his shoulders and back feel perfect all of a sudden-perfectly stretch and flexible-his head feels clear as they end their yelling. Breathlessly silent only a few huffs and puffs were exchange between them. Hino breathless, slowly cracking into a smile once he caught a glimpse of Princi as she broke out into a laughter-he laughed louder.

"I am surprise this is how you guys react to things like this" Fuji popped out breaking their chain of laughter. "Huh? Who are you again?" they both question in unison, sharing the same grimace look. "You both suck" Fuji admits opening his lighter, "Especially you Princi!! What makes you think you could steal my precious boy Hin-" before he finishing his words a bang gone off inside the building-startling everybody to check what goes down below.

"Is that a Quick Fly delivery truck?" Ken questions with sweat all over his face in a confused look. "I guess" Cob agrees-leaving everyone unsure what's really going on anymore. "I can't believe it my thousand brain cells really work" Princi surprised grabbing on to the railing, jumping and down with excitement. "Hold on to theses. They cost 15" Hino rushes to inform Fuji as he tosses his jacket on to him. "Hey that's my kill!!" Princi objects. "Don't care. Grabbing chainsaw" Hino answers running over the railing as he takes a leap in the air.

"Hino!" he could hear Cob yelling to him, his arms are probably trying to reach out towards him-before gravity reached him as he drops in.

SPLOOSH!!

The ripples that remain drawn all across the surface of the water but no Hino in sight from above where they stand.

"He didn't die right?" Ken asked, feeling this sense of fear building inside of him as he wondered if he should follow Hino's example. "I am not even sure anymore" Cob answers, as he stands there a hand over his own heart, whispering to himself "Hino". "Ahhh this is my fault!!" Jesse screams out panicked and about to break down once more.

"Shut up!!" Princi shouts back, only being stop by Ken trying to hold her back from Jesse. "God hel-help me" Jesse begs on her knee, tears and sweat dripping of her face-"I shouldn't have fall. No he shouldn't have save me." she spouts tearing over the floor as she spoke. "What the?" Princi mutter to herself as Ken loosens his grip on her. "I-I don't wanna die."

"I want to leave" "I though my boyfriend would get it" "I am so small" "I needed someone like him and Hino to keep me safe"

"Som-one kill me" she cries out.

Splash.. Splash.. They could hear from down below.

"Hino!!" Princi rushes over to look, witnessing Hino in freestyle-swimming his way quick as possible toward the caved in truck. "Are you insane.? Get out of there!!!" Ken yells out from beside her.

Catching notice, she charges at him-holding his mouth over him. "Shut up!! Shut up!!! Shut up!!...." she repeats over his muffles. "Your not messing with our plans" her words ring in his ears. "Our?" he could only respond.

Swinging both arms rapidly, arms digging deep into the water as he pushes forward at constant odds with the current against him. "I though you died" the same voice spoked to him. "Fuck off" Hino spoke through the water still swimming as he goes, "You look fun" the monster admits "Need help?" he asked again with a hand rising out from the water lifting the truck on its palms.

"Sing your shitty song" Hino retorts, taking the full force of the truck down on him.

The truck sat a top Hino as it slowly sinks into the water. "That's easy" the voice spoke, with his body fully rising out the water a second at a time. "Its time to cry now" Dacry admits, his full form rising from the water around him.

"A million corpses" Dacry admits. A large chest with muscular arms, without a head-instead six eyes, three on each side of his body-now peered open for the world to see. The lower torse, without flesh but a red waterspout-funneling upwards, connecting the two halves. The water around, driving up to full speed dragging debris caught in its being.

"Princi do something!!" Ken panics seeing Dacry's full form. "We wait" she could only say.

"As the child of the ocean" Dacry spoked raising both his arms up, all six of his eyes peering at them "I renounce the right to kill you".

Palms raised. Several bubbles formed on the surface of it, bang... they launch upwards towards Princi and the rest-stripping apart the area their on.

"Huh? Not a single hit" Dacry admits, preparing for another round as laughter catchers his attention. The water around in his control, yet something within his domain was churning against his flow.

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! The sounds of an engine was ever present. Where Hino was earlier a loud splash burst up, raising the water up to the third floor and beyond.

Flabbergasted, Dacry in full form looked over being sure to remove Hino before fully appearing his full form. "I wanted that Princi girl that's all" Dacry admits asking him to just run away. Vroom Vroom Vroom......

"I said start singing your song" Hino yells out as he pulls on the chord a few more times. "Grow some ears then eyes!!" he laughs BANG!!!!! flooop.... Floating on the surface of the water, chainsaw in hand and half a head. Hino's body stayed buoyant on the red water for a minute.

"Should have killed you with my hands" Dacry admits setting his attention back to the rest. "I couldn't forgive you for that spear!!!" he calls to Princi. "Look again!!" she yells back.

"What do-you speak?" Dacry wonders turning his front towards an assumedly dead Hino, all six eyes twitching and adjusting to their separate independence.

Sqwelp!!! A piercing sensation reached deep into one of his eyes. "Huh?" he looks moving the others to see his own. Hanging on to the handles of the chainsaw, a semi-conscious Hino without the top half of his head appeared in his sight.

What!!! How?

From the lower parts of his head, vessels and tendrils sprout like small bean plants, intertwining on one another, wrapping and growing in size. The skin begins to cover the meaty areas as parts of his ears, nose and hair began to grow out.

Eyes opened, Hino smiles-ripping the chord as he does so.